Neither soccer nor professional women's sports have, much to my dismay (honestly!), been terribly popular in America's male-dominated, victory-obsessed sports culture. But every now and then a perfect storm, narratively speaking, hits our shores, compelling us to watch a sport we otherwise had forgotten existed.

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Right now, of course, that storm is the Women's World Cup, and here are the conditions that caused it: a dearth of other interesting sporting events, exasperation with theselockouts, a badass goalkeeper with a badass name, a dash of patriotic fervor, and the U.S. national team's very-last-minute comeback victory over Brazil, one of the most compelling games in soccer history. It also helps that these World Cup games (post–group stage) cannot end in ties, and that, as we learned earlier this week, men enjoy watching attractive women sweat. (I'm looking forward to being called a sexist anew! In which case let me also direct you to this Post column that says "girls and women make great players. But fans? Not so much.")

By now, the Women's World Cup bandwagon is so packed that if you want to get on, you'll have to hang on for dear life. So it's little surprise that when we called exactly 100 bars in the metro area to ask if they were showing Sunday's 2:45 p.m. final against Japan, most of those who answered the phone gave a definitive, and often enthusiastic, yes — 68 out of a total 78. The other 10 were less clear, including the following responses: "If it's televised, probably, yes"; "No idea"; "What day is that?"; "Do you know what channel it's on?"; and, "Yeah I don't see why not. At this time of year it's the only good sport on." No one said "no" outright.

We — by which I mean interns Carolina Herrera and Olivia Martin, and man-about-Internet Jeremy Binckes — also asked about food and drink specials during the game; where applicable, those have been included, as have notable quotes. So here they are, the 68 bars that happened to pick up the phone when we called, and which weren't at all indecisive about showing Sunday's game.